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>> certainly people are grieving and healing in different ways. i've been struck by leadership from town leaders, first selectman pat llodra, enter faith clergy, monty frank leading the charge with rides to washington, attention to this issue. saturday a private memorial mass that the community will be participating in. i'll be joining them in that and marking with a day of service and kindness. i'll be helping at a veterans cemetery this weekend. that is what the community has asked. they have asked americans who want to support them, support newtown and healing, to observe acts of kindness i...

I'm brandi hitt in for paula faris. she's out on assignment today. we'll get to the latest on that track of that monster storm system in a moment. but first this half hour, the growing concern also this morning about former president george h.w. bush and his health. the setbacks that have put him into intensive care. then we're going to show you trading guns for groceries. the big city weapons buyback program that's getting big results after the newtown, connecticut, school massacre. >> you're going to see more of that long line. unbelievable how many people turned out and the types of gun...

And all that, we decided to bring in some old guns and drop them off. >> reporter: the line stretched around the block at both locations in van nuys and exposition park. as residents voluntarily surrendered weapons of all shapes and sizes, like this ar-15, similar to the one used in newtown. >> they are exactly the kind of guns that fall into the hands of untrained people who are not their owners and are used for deadly purpose. they are exactly the kind of guns that we want off the street. >> reporter: since the program began in 2009, the lapd collected 8,000 weapons. citizens voluntarily sur...

Town leaders are asking well wishers across the country to stop sending the town gifts. it's not because they don't want them. it's because they've been getting so many gifts that the small community can't keep up with it. they don't have the capacity to process all of them. the united way announced wednesday a fund established after the shooting to support newtown has grown to a wonderful $3.5 million. toyota has agreed to a $1 billion legal settlement, one of the largest in history, after deadly crashes involving toyotas with unintended acceleration. 16 million drivers filed a class action...

Really shouldn't be. >> i'll wait. just take a break and we'll do it some other time. just be safe out there, everybody. in other news today, two firefighters who were hurt in that dead lly shooting near rochester, new york, are doing much better. joseph and theodore had been in guarded conditions but they're now being upgraded to satisfactory. the hospital released a statement on their behalf saying they are "humbled and a bit overwhelmed by the outpouring of well wishes for us and our families." a police officer, who was slightly injured that that shooting, is also overwhelmed. >> i have m...